What programming could be done with the computer and what is the highest level of interface that could be achieved?
Example of analogue calculators/computers:
- [Bones][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishango_bone]
- [Abacus][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus]
- [Slide rules][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule]
- [golden hats][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hat]
- [the Antikythera Mechanism][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism]
- [tide predicting machine][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide-predicting_machine] (though that was post-industrial).
- [flight calculator][https://www.amazon.de/dp/B004X762EY?tag=hangarflig049-21&geniuslink=true] (though this is modern)
As a rule, analogue computers are not programmable.
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The first [programmable mechanical computer][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine] was designed in 1820, early industrial age, but couldn’t be build with the technique of the day.
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All working programmable computers rely on electricity
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Oh — of course there are the [original computers][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation)], most versatile and oldest if all.
Example of analogue calculators/computers:
- [Bones][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishango_bone]
- [Abacus][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus]
- [Slide rules][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule]
- [golden hats][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hat]
- [the Antikythera Mechanism][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism]
- [tide predicting machine][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide-predicting_machine] (though that was post-industrial).
- [flight calculator][https://www.amazon.de/dp/B004X762EY?tag=hangarflig049-21&geniuslink=true] (though this is modern)
As a rule, analogue computers are not programmable.
-
The first [programmable mechanical computer][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine] was designed in 1820, early industrial age, but couldn’t be build with the technique of the day.
-
All working programmable computers rely on electricity
-
Oh — of course there are the [original computers][https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation)], most versatile and oldest if all.